Sharp rise in problematic teenage social media use, study says
Getty Images A major international study suggests there has been a sharp rise in what it calls “problematic” social media use among young people since the pandemic. Researchers came to…
TSB says sorry for payment problems
Getty Images TSB has apologised to customers who did not receive payments after a technical issue, and says the problem has now been resolved. Many customers had taken to social…
The challenge of preserving coastal forests
Vishal Jaiswal Vishal Jaiswal turned a childhood hobby into a profession Vishal Jaiswal has been flying drones since he was young. Now 27, that childhood hobby has become his profession.…
What was the impact of the global IT outage
Getty Images GP services in England and Northern Ireland faced huge disruption following IT problems caused by a software update by CrowdStrike GPs couldn’t treat patients, people were stranded as…
Tamagotchi gets first UK store as global sales double
Getty Images Tamagotchi is having a moment – again. The egg-shaped toy housing a virtual pet was one of the biggest crazes of the 1990s. And several attempts to reignite…
Inside the scandal facing King of YouTube
Steven Kahn Half a billion fans, a multi-million dollar personal fortune and a global business empire. It would take a lot to dethrone YouTube’s biggest influencer Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast.…
How the storybook adventure was made
All Possible Futures Leaping into action: The Plucky Squire is one of the year’s most anticipated indie games Have you ever wished a character from your favourite book would leap…
LinkedIn suspends use of UK data for AI after watchdog questions
LinkedIn has suspended the use of UK user data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models after a regulator raised concerns. The career-focused social networking site, owned by Microsoft, quietly…
Sky Glass customers complain as TVs won’t turn on
Hundreds of Sky Glass television and Sky streaming service customers have reported issues with their devices. Users first reported technical glitches seemingly preventing some Sky Glass TVs from working properly,…
Taiwan says device parts not made on island
The Taiwanese government has said none of the components in thousands of pagers used by the armed group Hezbollah that exploded in Lebanon earlier this week were made on the…